RUN - Sales Representative Tom James Company Employee Review

1.0
Jan 14, 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The people you sell to are very successful. You can make some good friends because of the shared trauma.

Cons

There’s absolutely no work life balance here. You’ll be expected to work constantly and have no outside life. Very much colt vibes as many of the managers and employees have a god complex and think this job is the end all be all. Many of the managers and “leaders” claim to care about you but these are very relative relationships. They care about you if you’re making them money and most can’t continue being friends with you after you leave because they look down on you like you’re less than. They also encourage you to “drink the kool aide”. Extremely stressful and bad communication inside the company making it hard to please the clients. Very heavy workload over all with no pay out. The pay is extremely sketchy even during my best sales months my paychecks were always less than I expected. I was considered one of the best new partners in my office and I only made about $30k. They prey on recent college graduates who don’t know better and believe the lies they tell them about being able to make lots of money immediately. It’s essentially a larger scale pyramid scheme. I’m embarrassed that I ever worked here. You’re expected to chase people in the streets for sales, it’s demeaning. There’s endless amounts of drama in the office. You will be talked about behind your back especially if you don’t make much money or even look different than your other coworkers. It’s sad really I watched lots of bullying take place from upper management. There’s very inappropriate behavior that goes on such as getting drunk and sleeping with multiple coworkers at national meetings. This job caused me a crazy amount of anger and anxiety. You’ll never make what you’re worth here. I promise you can go somewhere else and make more for way less work and more time for yourself. I looked around my office at the “successful” people there and realized there wasn’t one of them that I wanted to be like. They’re selfish, narcissistic, and greedy. Don’t waste your time.

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Tom James Company Response
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Thank you for taking time to write a thoughtful review! It is important to us that each person at Tom James Company has the opportunity to build a long-term career for himself or herself. Feedback from current and past employees allows us to continue to grow and develop our opportunity for everyone.
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